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Ian Sansom
"If there is a lack of specificity in Grossman's description of the town and the walkers, and if the story perhaps sometimes becomes lost and confusing, then it is because the landscape and its inhabitants are really shadows, creatures of an interior world, whose journey and whose quest are within. Falling Out of Time is short, and clearly a deeply personal book, but its importance and impact ought not to be underestimated." --
Source : "Falling Out of Time by David Grossman - review" by Ian Sansom, www.theguardian.com. February 6, 2014.
Ian Sansom
#Book Quotes
#Fall Quotes
#Journey Quotes
“We spend too much time wondering what others may have thought about our outfit or the comment we made in the small group meeting. We see opportunities to testify about Christ, but we avoid them. We are more concerned about looking stupid (a fear of people) than we are about acting sinfully (fear of the Lord).”
“I love being a producer, and I think I essentially still operate as a producer even though I now have control of marketing and the ability to green-light shows - something every producer wants but that they don't get!”
“For of course one is never safe when in love. Growth is demanding and may seem dangerous, for there is loss as well as gain in growth. But why go on living if one has ceased to grow? And what more demanding atmosphere for growth than love in any form, than any relationship which can call out and requires of us our most secret and deepest selves?”
“Natural phenomena undisturbed by man point the way to the realization of a new technique. One needs a keen sense of observation. We must understand Nature before we can adapt its way of working to our needs.”
Source : Viktor Schauberger “Living Water”, Рипол Классик
“The more insecure you are, the more prone you are to create crises.”
“Have you ever been homesick for someplace that doesn't actually exist anymore? Someplace that exists only in your mind?”
Source : Jenny Lawson (2012). “Let's Pretend This Never Happened”, p.94, Penguin
“My perspective is if you're not willing to be called a few names to help out your country, you don't care enough.”
Source : Reddit AMA, www.reddit.com. February 23, 2015.
“I think, some countries, you have to be dead to have your picture on a stamp.”